Creating a clipping mask from typeA clipping mask is an object or a group of objects whose shape masks other artwork so that only areas that lie within the shape of the masking object are visible. In effect, you are clipping the artwork to conform to the shape of the object (or mask). In Photoshop, you can create a clipping mask from shapes or letters. In this exercise, you will use letters as a clipping mask to allow an image in another layer to show through the letters. Adding guides to position typeThe 09Start.psd file contains a background layer, which is the bottle, and a Blank Label layer, which will be the foundation for your typography. The Blank Label is the active layer on which you will begin your work. You'll start by zooming in on your work area and using ruler guides to help position your type.
Adding point typeNow you're ready to actually add type to the composition. Photoshop lets you create horizontal or vertical type anywhere in an image. You can enter point type (a single letter, word, or line) or paragraph type. You will do both in this lesson, starting with point type.
Making a clipping mask and applying a drop shadowPhotoshop wrote the letters in black, the default text color. You want the letters to appear to be filled with an image of olives, so next you will use the letters to make a clipping mask that will allow another image layer to show through.
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) and drag over the black and white portion of the blank label to zoom in to the area and center it in the image window. Repeat until you have a nice close-up view of the area, and enlarge the image window if necessary.
), and on the tool options bar, do the following:Choose a sans serif typeface, such as Myriad, from the Font Family pop-up menu, and choose Bold from the Font Style pop-up menu.Type 79 pt into the Size field and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).Click the Center text alignment button.
) on the tool options bar.
The word "Olio" is added to your label, and it appears in the Layers palette as a new text layer, OLIO. You can edit and manage the text layer as you would any other layer. You can add or change the text, change the orientation of the type, apply anti-aliasing, apply layer styles and transformations, and create masks. You can move, restack, copy, and edit layer options of a type layer as you would for any other layer.
) or use File > Open to open the Olives.psd file (located in the Lesson09 folder) in Photoshop. In Photoshop, arrange the image windows onscreen so that you can see both of them at once, and make sure that Olives.psd is the active image window.
A new layer appears in the 09Start.psd Layers palette, Layer 1. This new layer contains the olives image, which you will use to show through the type. But before you make the
) at the bottom of the Layers palette and choose Drop Shadow from the pop-up menu.
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